Sci-fi: 10 top reads for 2021
Remote Control
Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
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Sankofa was just a girl until she became Death. Now she and her fox companion search the world for answers about what created her. Out January
The Expert System鈥檚 Champion
Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor.com)
In the sequel to The Expert System鈥檚 Brother, Handry (a monster-fighting wanderer) acquires a band of fellow travellers just in time to face a new foe. Out January
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Hugo award-winning finale of the epic Wayfarers series is a tale of expansion into the galaxy. Out February
We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep
Andrew Kelly Stewart (Tor.com)
A choir of young boys live in a sub that patrols a drowned Earth in search of a religious cult. Sci-fi legend Kim Stanley Robinson is a fan. Out March
Unity
Elly Bangs (Tachyon Publications)
Another book that starts underwater 鈥� but it turns into a Mad Max-style chase across the post-apocalyptic US, exploring identity and our sense of self. Out April
Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells (Tor.com)
The beloved Terminator-with-teen-ennui is back in book six of the Murderbot series. First catch up with the previous five. You won鈥檛 be sorry. Out April
A Master of Djinn
P. Dj猫l铆 Clark (Tor.com)
Clark is to Cairo as Neil Gaiman is to London, exploring its magical, steampunk underbelly through special investigator Fatma el-Sha鈥檃rawi. Out May
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The Ninth Metal
Benjamin Percy (HMH Books)
When a meteor shower rains a new and powerful metal onto Earth, the US Midwest erupts in a 鈥済old rush鈥� and nothing is ever the same again. Out June
Losing Gravity
Kameron Hurley (Saga Press)
Described as Killing Eve meets Die Hard, in space. What more could you want? Out TBC
The 22 Murders of Madison May
Max Barry (Hodder & Stoughton)
Just when you thought the multiverse had exhausted every plot, here is Max Barry鈥檚 thought experiment: what if a serial killer could move between universes and kill the same person over and over again? Out July.
